atrociousness
n . 凶暴;残酷;可怖
凶暴;残酷;可怖
atrociousness n 1 :
the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [
synonym :
{
atrocity }, {
atrociousness }, {
barbarity }, {
barbarousness },
{
heinousness }]
atrociousness \
atrociousness \
n .
1 .
the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane .
Syn :
atrocity ,
barbarity ,
barbarousness ,
heinousness .
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WordNet 1 .
5 ]
Atrocious \
A *
tro "
cious \,
a . [
L .
atrox ,
atrocis ,
cruel ,
fierce :
cf .
F .
atroce .]
1 .
Extremely heinous ;
full of enormous wickedness ;
as ,
atrocious guilt or deeds .
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2 .
Characterized by ,
or expressing ,
great atrocity .
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Revelations . . .
so atrocious that nothing in history approaches them . --
De Quincey .
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3 .
Very grievous or violent ;
terrible ;
as ,
atrocious distempers . [
Obs .] --
Cheyne .
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Syn : {
Atrocious }, {
Flagitious }, {
Flagrant }.
Usage :
Flagitious points to an act as grossly wicked and vile ;
as ,
a flagitious proposal .
Flagrant marks the vivid impression made upon the mind by something strikingly wrong or erroneous ;
as ,
a flagrant misrepresentation ;
a flagrant violation of duty .
Atrocious represents the act as springing from a violent and savage spirit .
If Lord Chatham ,
instead of saying "
the atrocious crime of being a young man ,"
had used either of the other two words ,
his irony would have lost all its point ,
in his celebrated reply to Sir Robert Walpole ,
as reported by Dr .
Johnson .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
A *
tro "
cious *
ly },
adv . --
{
A *
tro "
cious *
ness },
n .
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